upgrading from lucid to precise fails
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
python-defaults (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
= IMPORTANT NOTICE =
If you got here, chances are your upgrade from lucid to precise failed, and you're now trying to rescue it by hand with apt.
Please don't just comment on this bug or reopen it. It isn't helpful, there are too many different issues here, already.
Rather file a new bug, by running "ubuntu-bug update-manager"
If you can't do that, because apport is broken, file a bug by hand, and attach the contents of /var/log/
https:/
https:/
If you didn't use update-manager (or do-release-upgrade from update-
How to get past this:
# apt-get install -o APT::Immediate-
# apt-get -f install
# apt-get dist-upgrade
= ORIGINAL REPORT =
Trying to "apt-get dist-upgrade" from lucid to precise I get the following error:
E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'python-
So I tried to upgrade just python-minimal and it failed the same:
root@linux:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libtext-
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libapt-inst1.4 libcurl3-gnutls librtmp0 lsb-release python python-apport python-apt python-apt-common python-gdbm python-lxml python-mysqldb python-
python-pycurl python-pysqlite2 python-simplejson python-
Suggested packages:
lsb python-doc python-tk python-apt-dbg python-gtk2 python-vte python-apt-doc python-gdbm-dbg python-lxml-dbg python-
libcurl4-
Recommended packages:
xz-lzma python-openssl python-pam python-serial
The following packages will be REMOVED:
python2.5 python2.5-minimal
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libapt-inst1.4 librtmp0 python-apt-common python2.7 python2.7-minimal
The following packages will be upgraded:
libcurl3-gnutls lsb-release python python-apport python-apt python-gdbm python-lxml python-minimal python-mysqldb python-
python-simplejson python-
19 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 718 not upgraded.
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E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'python-
Clearly this is an acceptable situation when trying to upgrade from one LTS to another.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: python-minimal 2.6.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 28 16:43:25 2012
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python-defaults
tags: |
added: lucid2precise removed: lucid |
Changed in python-defaults (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → FerdaS (ferdas) |
description: | updated |
Changed in python-defaults (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.